Down at Diani Beach, Where It’s Hard to Escape the Hawkers

Diani Beach, Mombasa, Kenya. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

When it comes to wonderful beaches around the world, Diani Beach, south of Mombasa, didn’t immediately spring to mind. Yet as we quickly discovered during our two weeks in Kenya, the place is popular with travellers looking to top or tail their safari trip with some sun, sea and sand. Being Australian, I’m pretty opinionated … Read more

Cooking in Rio de Janeiro – A Brazilian Cooking Class With a Difference

Cook in Rio cooking course. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

When we arrive at the compact, down-to-earth Copacabana eatery, Tasco de Lido, the other three couples in our Cook in Rio cooking class are already chatting away cheerfully as they sip drinks. Bob Marley is blasting on the stereo and the restaurant’s vivacious owner and Brazilian cooking course instructor chef Simone Theisen is singing along … Read more

Perfecting the Classic Brazilian Caipirinha in Rio De Janeiro

Perfecting the Classic Brazilian Caipirinha – Cocktail Recipe. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

In our years of being semi-professional barflies and checking out bars around the world, purely in the name of research of course, we’ve developed a repertoire of favourite cocktails that we always order to test out the skills of a barman. One of them is a Latin American classic so during our recent stay in … Read more